South County and Alexandria City are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. Having just played yesterday, the South County Stallions will get right back to it and host the Alexandria City Titans at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South County has six straight victories, Alexandria City has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Wednesday, South County had just enough and edged Fairfax out 39-36. The 39-point effort marked the Stallions' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Alexandria City was beaten by Lake Braddock 75-47 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 286th, while the Bruins are ranked 130th).
South County will have to contain Tarik Sesay as he made an impact in Alexandria City's last game. He went 5 for 8 on his way to 13 points and eight rebounds. Octavius Miller Jr was another key player, putting up seven points.
South County's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2. As for Alexandria City, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
South County came up short against Alexandria City when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 53-49. Can South County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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